Cowherd bashes 94WIP article, ESP responds

Colin Cowherd is taking shots at Philadelphia and 94WIP. 

Earlier this week, my colleague Eliot Shorr-Parks wrote this Sunday's game against the Cowboys is the biggest of Carson Wentz's career. Now, this is something ESP has said before (three times, to be exact), but this time it has some merit. I mean, even Wentz himself agrees it's his most important game. 

Biggest game of Carson's career? "You could probably say that." pic.twitter.com/3NTIgbkF9P

However, FS1's radio host Colin Cowherd went the other way, bashing the article and the city to some degree. 

"WIP Radio, Philadelphia—this is a sports town that thought Nick Foles was better than Carson Wentz," Cowherd said on his Wednesday show. "I'm not joking. There is no punch line. They really thought that. Nick Foles, by the way, is now carrying a clipboard for a fourth-place team. Nick Foles didn't win a game this year. Nick Foles got replaced by something called Gardner Minshew. This town thought Nick Foles was better than Carson Wentz. So when Philadelphia talks, just smile. It is not worth getting into an argument. Let them have their pale ale at the bar and get into fist fights. So this is an organization and a fanbase that doesn't know what they are talking about most of the time. 

"Cowboys-Eagles is not a referendum for anything. It's just a game where one of these two underachieving messes makes the playoffs." — @ColinCowherd pic.twitter.com/wWtvv8Q2TC

"So WIP Radio, you call and scream a lot on that station apparently for Nick Foles, is saying this is the biggest game—referendum game—for Carson Wentz. Here is the article this week. Referendum. Biggest game of his career. Really? So Carson Wentz loses, is he not talented? Jason Garrett wins. Is he now a great coach? Dak wins, is he an all-time great franchise top five quarterback? Dallas wins, they are 8-7. Are they not still underachieving? What changes in this game? Nothing. This game is not a referendum of anything. It is just a game where one of these two underachieving messes will make the playoffs and be the weakest NFC playoff team."

Eliot responded on Wednesday night on Joe Giglio's show. 

"This has nothing to do with Jason Garrett," Shorr-Parks said. "This isn't the biggest NFL game of the season. This is Carson's biggest game. This is all about Carson. He's played 53 games in the NFL, he's never stepped on a field with type of expectations, with this much at stake, against the Cowboys. I mean even at North Dakota, right? He's never faced this type of pressure, so this is the biggest game of Carson Wentz's career. Now, there could be more...right now, this is the biggest game he's ever played in."

You can listen to ESP's response below.